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Mark Twain’s Boyhood Home & Museum: A Remembrance of his Legacy
May 15, 1912, marks the date of Mark Twain’s boyhood home being donated to the city of Hannibal, Missouri. Since then, it–…
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The Power of Community (and pie)
On November, 16th, 2025, Beth M. Howard, author, former resident of the American Gothic house, and baker, presented her film, PIEOWA: A…
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Grief, Memory, and The Passage of Time – Humanity in “A Visit from the Goon Squad”
A review of A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan. Vintage Books, 2010. Jennifer Egan’s 2010 novel, A Visit from…
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Unpacking My Library: Lauren Bell
Lauren Bell is an undergraduate student at Western Illinois University majoring in Speech Pathology & Audiology while minoring in Creative Writing. She…
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“ChatGPT, What Do I Think About This?”– My Experience with AI in Academic Settings
Times have changed, and while there are no flying cars or universal healthcare, artificial intelligence (AI) is definitely popular. However, in my…
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When Dreams Outshine Love
A review of La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle. Lionsgate, 2016. In Damien Chazelle’s 2016 musical-drama La La Land, two artists,…
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The Modern Relevance of Jo Angouri’s Culture, Discourse, and the Workplace
A review of Culture, Discourse, and The Workplace by Jo Angouri, published by Routledge, 2018 “As companies move from a top-down to…
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The Spoon that Fed in Frankenstein (2025)
A review of Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Netflix, 2025. Frankenstein (2025) – directed by Guillermo del Toro – is what…
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A Summer in Oxford
Over the summer of 2025, I had the amazing opportunity to study abroad in Oxford, England. Studying abroad had been a plan…
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Parent by Day, Writer by Night: An Interview with Kyle Otten
Kyle Otten is the author and illustrator of both his books from The Little Polar Bear series, Time For Chores and Waiting…
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Coffee Talk – Dr. Lisa Parzefall
As of August 2025, Dr. Lisa Parzefall is the Writing Program Director at Western Illinois University (WIU). Her interests include, but are…
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i will never have enough time to talk about Florence + The Machine
A review of Everybody Scream, by Florence + The Machine. Polydor and Republic Records, 2025. Seventeen years distant from Lungs and “Dog…
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